January 24, 2010
Most people have probably seen this video, but it’s worth watching again. Dave Eggers won the 2008 TED Prize for his education and literacy work with kids, and in this entertaining acceptance speech he provides a brief history of his project.
January 10, 2010
Werner Herzog, 1980, speaking about TV and advertising and how films function while eating his shoe in public to help Errol Morris get his first major film released. See also The Occasional Diary Entries of German Director Werner Herzog.
January 6, 2010
Screenshot from the internet. Dialogue between man-boy and his girlfriend:
November 11, 2009
Space Ghost: “Not now honey please, I’m in the middle of a giant space war. What can I do? Aliens! So I’ll talk to you when there’s peace. In space.”
Bjork: “Yeah?
September 25, 2009
Discuss.
June 10, 2009
Modernist Vancouver house of the painter BC Binning, who painted his own interior and exterior murals. Photo by Arne Haraldsson. See here for more information on this heritage-protected house.
In my neighbourhood there’s a heritage program called True Colours wherein you can receive a pat on the back from heritage types and sometimes free paint if you agree to paint your house in the original house colours circa 1901.
June 3, 2009
Pail of rusty nails, companion for orphaned streetlamp cut off from street below.
May 28, 2009
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This eBay ad is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen on the internet. All sincerely, no magniloquence. Why, why did I not bid on the monkey-on-horse sculpture purportedly made of amber?
April 20, 2009
Apologies to non-Canadian readers, but I need to address our national broadcaster. Dear CBC, Canadians need much more Seán Cullen on CBC radio, and much less Stuart McLean. Why do we have to wait until summer to listen to Simply Seán on the radio?
March 10, 2009
I found this on the consistently entertaining blog deletia. It was taken from Rolcats, a site featuring fake English translations of an Eastern Bloc version of Lolcats.
